Geography, Humanities, Sociology, Political Science, World History / Studies

A century after the end of World War One and almost three decades since the collapse of communism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, borders remain a key topic for countries in Eastern Europe and the larger Black Sea region. In recent years, increasing security concerns and global economic mobility have forced the border issue back on political agendas and in public discourses across Europe.

Ancient History, Cultural History / Studies, European History / Studies, Social Sciences, World History / Studies

CfP for Issue #2 of the Journal of Historical Network Research (JHNR)

The Journal of Historical Network Research (https://jhnr.uni.lu/) publishes outstanding and original research applying the theories and methodologies of social network analysis to historical research. The peer-reviewed journal seeks to advance the epistemological and theoretical understanding of social network analysis in the historical, social and political sciences, and promotes empirical research on historical social interactions.

Cultural History / Studies, Economic History / Studies, Local History, Social History / Studies, World History / Studies

This conference on Global Microhistory is the first of a cycle of three conferences on this new pathway of Global History. This first conference of the series is also this year’s GHCC Annual Conference, and focuses on the theme of ‘Scales, Space and Contexts in Histories of the Local and the Global’.

European History / Studies, Human Rights, Modern European History / Studies, Women's & Gender History / Studies, World History / Studies

The Historical Institute of the University of Wroclaw, together with the Institutes of English Studies and Romance Studies, invite scholars and PhD students to participate in the international conference Freedom, Equality… for Everyone? Women Fighting for Social Advancement 1700-1918, to be held in Wrocław, Poland, on November 20-21, 2018. The first words of the conference topic invoke the slogan of the French Revolution which aimed at democratizing society and, consequently, changing the old-world order.

Following the outstanding success of previous events, Manchester Metropolitan University's International Sports and Leisure History research team (SpLeisH) and Department of Exercise and Sport Science (ESS) are delighted to announce that the 4th International Sport and Leisure History Colloquium will take place on the Cheshire Campus, Crewe between 1st - 3rd March 2018.